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1. dē̆fensī̆f adj.
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(a) Of weapons, armor: defensive; (b) med. & surg. of a bandage: preventing the spread of pus or other fluids; of a medicine or ointments: preventing the growth or spread of disease, preventive……
3. hūmectā̆tī̆f adj.
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(a) Med. Of food: increasing moisture in the body, diluent; (b) surg. of medicines: moistening, increasing moisture.
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6. imā̆ǧinātī̆f adj. & n.
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Phil. (a) Employing mental images; vertu imaginatif, the ability to form and retain images formed from data supplied from the senses or the communis sensus; also, the faculty of combining images into……
7. incarnā̆tī̆f adj.
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Surg. (a) Of sutures, bandages, medicines: promoting the growth of new tissue in a wound or fracture; binding (ligature) incarnatif; seuinge incarnatif; (b) of medicines: promoting the closing of the……
8. inscī̆sī̆f adj. & n.
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Med. & surg. (a) Of medicines: having the property of dispersing, diluting, or dissolving viscous, thick, or heavy humor; (b) as noun: a medicine having such a property; (c) slashing, cutting.
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9. liquefactī̆ve adj.
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Surg. (a) Of a medicine: producing liquefaction of tissues, ?suppurative; (b) ?liquid, ?capable of becoming liquid.
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12. mordificātī̆ve adj.
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Med. & surg. (a) Distressing, tormenting; (b) corrosive; as noun: a caustic or corrosive medicine.
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13. mundificātī̆f adj.
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14. penetrātī̆f adj.
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(a) Med. & surg. Of medicines, ointments, etc.: penetrative, penetrating; (b) permeating, piercing; pungent, sharp; of the power of prayer: able to pierce.
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15. potenciāl(e adj. Also plural (as n.)
Additional spellings:
potenciale
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(a) Latent, potential; (b) surg. of a cautery or cauterizing agent: being a caustic or escharotic medicine used as an alternative to a hot iron; potencial cauterie, cauterie potencial.
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16. prēservātī̆f adj.
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(a) Med. & surg. Of a treatment, regimen, etc.: serving to prevent or protect against a disease or morbid condition; preventive, prophylactic; also fig.; preservatif of; (b) of a treatment: tending to……
17. prohibitī̆f adj.
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18. remollī̆tī̆f adj.
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Surg. Of a medicine: softening.
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